you could pull the push button switch and change it out for a motion detector if you have a tonneau cover. That would open whenever you open the tailgate.
I think Ford should be a bit more aggressive in assuming how often we users are trying to do stuff in the dark. And at least some of us don't have the night vision we once had in bygone days. I agree that the bed light button should be illuminated when the headlights are on, and that the light itself should come on when the gate goes down. The button could be configured to turn the light off if the user doesn't want light. Similarly, I can't be the only person who has had to fumble around in the dark to find the button on the lip of the hood that closes the Frunk. It's got a black rubber cover that blends perfectly with the rest of the black rubber trim next to it. A light? Different color rubber?
Just go to Dollar store and get you a cheap stick-on motion detector light
That looks awesome, thanks for sharing. Sadly it is beyond my skills to pull off but I would definitely pay to have this enabled. I would use the bed lights so much more except for some reason I cannot succeed in building the muscle memory of where the switch is and end up fumbling in the dark trying to find it where they have it tucked in the place my hand is least likely to touch.
Thanks for the mention, I know for a fact that our trucks (Pros and XLTs) do not have any method of knowing the tailgate is ajar. Which is stupid AF b/c it would've been so easy and cheap for ford to put a 1 dollar switch similar to the one installed in this thread but didn't. I do know from messing with the passive entry that trucks with the light bar tailgate have a Tailgate module, referred to as the RGTM - Rear Gate Trunk Module. I assume this module just handles the light, power, and passive entry of the tailgate, but also the Liftgate Ajar sensor/switch.
My XLT does and it is annoying anytime I have the gate down for long loads. The difference is you had to option it with the power tailgate.
There are so many differences between the 311 and 312 option group I wish they weren't both badged XLT. I imagine there's a lot different between the Lariat 510/511 option groups as well. I like to say that we have the "XLT+"
